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Italy charging in the throwing events now too

Zoghlami on the final lap

First sub 49 run at the European Championships, since Marita Koch in 86'

Bravo Natalia, bravo

Caudery the frontrunner to be the cutest British athlete, but not the frontrunner now for the gold medal in poll vault.

Danismaz with 25 cm PB (and NR) in the rain, with a head wind.

Thanks for the jinx bruv

Another Italian sensation incoming in the 400 m

Good luck to Mirela Demireva in her final European Championships. 1.95 will be a nice result for her, if she manages it.

Kaczmarek looking good I mean on the track that is.

Not only, we have a whole bunch of other sports, where they have been showing big improvements - track cycling, curling, weightlifting, their basketball is much stronger now, tennis of course, archery etc. And this is not including their traditional strong sports. Only in some combat sports, like wrestling, they are not a factor, which shows the overall progress in the last couple of years. And also cross-country. Where are the Italian cross-country runners, not named Pellegrino

As a fan of the Azzurri in general, the renessance Italia are having in sports in the last 5-6 years has been fascinating to watch.

Only 1 non-European gets a medal in the 5000, which is a welcomed outcome.

Took 38 years to beat Yordanka Donkova's CR in the 100 hurdles I'm not very familiar with this Samba-Maela athlete, but she had a very impressive, clear run. Wouldn't be shocked, if she surprises the field in Paris.

Maybe not everyone is a fan of his, but i'm sure everyone wants the athletes to be in their top form and let the best one win.

Because i want him to win again

Jakobs with a relaxing win and should easily win the final. Let's hope he is finding his best form in time for the Olympics.

W Pole Vault shaping to be with surprises

Brazil with only 1 woman's pair? I find that highly unusual and surprising 😮

If you believe in conspiracies, Ireland already won 2 women's quotas this morning, so they can lose the W50 kg one in the afternoon.

NBC broadcast the Olympics in America. For NBC, American athletes are of course the best athletes on the planet (especially in swimming, athletics, gymnastics). Anytime some one else beats said athletes there must be some outside reason. No one could objectively be better than Americans. So in Paris, when China wins a bunch of medals in swimming, because they have a great generation, NBC will have the graphics and it's analyst pull reports how China are "allegedly doping" and this is why they are winning.

Like i've said previously "Excuses are already lined up for every Chinese medal won in Paris". NBC are having the cue card on speed dile.

Is Viktoria Tomova good for the quota? I haven't checked if those around her are playing ITFs next week.

The fight between NED and CAN will come down to their direct match. Whoever gets the win most likely gets also the quota. They have 4 more matches with both playing France & Korea, which they should win, and 2 other matches they should lose (on paper). So the direct match will be the key.

We are already at 2 full weeks + 4 days. With smart and balanced scheduling it wouldn't be that noticeable. You can have the Opening Ceremony on Tuesday and start 1/3 of the sports already on Wednesday & Thursday instead of Saturday. This way you can spread them out a bit and have more rest days for the team sports as well.